2019-02-15T21:38:09Z2017-10-20T01:41:19Z2017-10-19Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.112017-10-19ssev00Environment and Public Works Committee0SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.IntroReferral2017-10-199Library of Congress10000Introduced in SenateIntroReferral2SenateNV2017-10-19Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]DTrueCortez MastoCatherine2299C001113C001113KS2017-11-07Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]RFalseMORANJERRY83071507M000934M000934KS2018-03-20Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]RFalseROBERTSPAT8275968R000307R000307115115HRCRSRelated bill4842Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.2018-01-231988S1.0.02017-10-192018-02-02T14:11:15ZIntroduced in SenateStreamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2017 or the SPEED Act

This bill exempts certain broadband infrastructure project actions, including granting a covered easement, placement and installation of a small wireless facility, and placement and installation of a wireless service facility located in an existing public right-of-way, from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report about challenges to and administrative delays in efficiently siting communications facility installations on federal land, and to provide recommendations for how Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can address such challenges and reduce delays identified in the report.

The FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group must submit a report analyzing the challenges to and administrative delays in efficiently siting communications facility installations on federal land, including whether it is necessary to develop: (1) standard procedures for communications facility installation siting, (2) methods that federal agencies may use to identify and report on coverage gaps and deficiencies in communications facility installation siting, and (3) procedures for creating and maintaining a publicly accessible inventory of space that can be used to attach or install communications facility installations.

]]>2017-10-19T04:00:00ZIntroduced in Senate00SPEED ActW000437WICKERROGERSen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]W00043712268263F.RMSEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigationsInfrastructure developmentInternet and video servicesTelephone and wireless communicationScience, Technology, CommunicationsSPEED ActShort Titles as IntroducedStreamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2017Short Titles as IntroducedA bill to streamline broadband infrastructure permitting on established public rights-of-way, and for other purposes.Official Title as IntroducedSPEED ActDisplay TitleSPEED Act(Extracted from GPO) Short Titles as IntroducedStreamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2017(Extracted from GPO) Short Titles as IntroducedScience, Technology, Communications2017-10-192017-10-19T20:40:00ZReferred toStandingSenateEnvironment and Public Works Committeessev00text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.Congressional Research Service, Library of CongressThis file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.